Female Entrepreneurs Can Be Boosted By Business Grants

Business funding experts j4b are calling on female entrepreneurs to tap into the government grants and loans on offer to help them start and grow a business.

With the difficult economic climate meaning that lending from banks is still scarce, j4b - owners of funding search website www.j4bgrants.co.uk - claims that exploring alternative sources of business finance is an increasingly viable option.

Jeremy Phillips, managing director at j4b, said:

"Only a few weeks ago, Home Secretary Theresa May told a women in business awards ceremony that later this year the government will be ‘putting measures of support in place to help more and more women fulfil their dreams and aspirations."

"But some of this support is already in place, with hundreds of business grants and loans currently available across the UK."

"For example, there is a £25 million Aspire Investment Fund for women-led businesses, along with a £10 million Enterprising Women Loan Fund specifically aimed at East of England entrepreneurs. And that's not even considering all the other more general business grants on offer."

www.j4bgrants.co.uk is a free to register website providing up-to-date and searchable information on the hundreds of grants, loans, venture capital schemes and other funds available to UK businesses from the EU, government and local authorities.

Entrepreneurs can also sign up for a weekly newsletter containing updates on new grants, approaching deadlines and major policy announcements, along with grant alerts that automatically inform them when new funding opportunities are available.